About This Program

FIU CyberSkills2Work offers a short-term, intensive training program designed to recruit, prepare, and place participants into the cybersecurity work roles of cyber defense forensics analyst and threat/warning analyst. The program delivers three pathways in an asynchronous and synchronous online format and provides training, certification, assistance with job placement, mentoring, and a career path to transitioning military personnel, transitioning first responders, and veterans. This program is at no cost to selected participants.

About This Pathway

The Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst Pathway is designed to prepare participants for a cyber defense forensics analyst work role, which uses forensics analysis policy, tools, data recovery, cybersecurity, and law and ethics in the digital investigations of crimes. Participants will also learn how to identify intrusions, gather information, and collect legal evidence against network intruders by covering theoretical and practical aspects of the foundations of computer network security, incident response tools and techniques, and an overview of how criminals are using computer networks to commit crimes. Graduates of this pathway can expect to work as a digital forensics investigator.

Eligibility

• Application Period Ends: 9/1/2024 for 9/16/2024 Start Date
• Application Period Ends: 12/22/2024 for 1/6/2025 Start Date

• Application Period Ends: 2/23/2025 for 3/10/2025 Start Date

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

• Must have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent,
• Must be part of one of these groups: veteran, transitioning service member, first responder, military spouse, or military-affiliated individual.